Megan Thee Stallion isn’t waiting for a courtroom to make her case. When veteran stylist Eric Archibald and his management company Six K filed suit in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County alleging $1,243,501.98 in unpaid wardrobe fees, the rapper, born Megan Pete, 31, came out swinging with a counter-narrative: her finance team had already audited the invoices and found fraud.
“My finance team conducted a comprehensive audit of Eric Archibald’s wardrobe expenses and uncovered fraudulent invoices, unsupported charges, and styling shipments tied to addresses that could not be verified,” she said in a statement to PEOPLE. “The facts are on our side and I won’t be coerced into paying charges that can’t be substantiated.”
According to the complaint, Megan hired Archibald through Six K to style her across multiple events spanning January 2024 through August 2025, and never paid. Invoices were submitted to “each related Stallion entity” between January 2025 and January 2026, each backed by deal memos allegedly acknowledged via email.
One itemized example: a $53,800 bill for the Pete & Thomas Foundation Inaugural Gala on July 16, 2025, covering prep days, assistants, and three gowns. The gala, held at Gotham Hall in New York City, raised over .2 million for underserved communities.
Archibald and Six K allege the unpaid balance has damaged them both personally and professionally, and that a portion of what’s owed goes to outside vendors. They are demanding immediate payment.
Archibald is no newcomer. A New York native with over 30 years in the industry, he launched his career assisting prominent stylist June Ambrose and built a client list that includes Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Bruno Mars. He served as creative director for Sean John, styled Megan for her Rolling Stone July 2022 cover and L’Officiel Italia June 2024 cover, and worked as costume lead on the 2024 documentary “Megan Thee Stallion: Bigger in Texas.”
This was a long, documented working relationship, which makes the breakdown all the more significant.
This suit lands as Megan emerges from one of the most legally turbulent stretches of her career. In December 2025, a federal jury sided with her in a defamation case against blogger Milagro Gramz, finding the blogger liable for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress — awarding $59,000 in damages. Before that, she fought record label 1501 Certified Entertainment for over three years before reaching a confidential settlement in October 2023.
She has won before. She is betting she wins again.
No court date is set. Both sides claim the paper trail favors them. The plaintiffs say every invoice was email-confirmed. Megan’s team says the audit found charges that can’t be verified. A judge will ultimately decide, but Megan has already drawn her line: she conducted a full audit, flagged the findings privately, and refuses to pay what she calls fraudulent bills.
